Man Who Auctioned the Egyptian President on eBay Comes Forward

You can find some weird stuff on eBay. Inflatable unicorn horn for a cat? Check. A petrified 10-year-old McChicken sandwich? Check. The sitting president of Egypt? Check.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi said that he would sell himself if it would help the economy in a speech Wednesday. One enterprising Egyptian ex-pat took him up on the offer and placed a listing on eBay for the "slightly used" leader.

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Ahmed Ghaneim, a self-proclaimed "entrepreneur and political activist," spoke with Mashable about the prank. "As a good citizen I tried to help [the president] fulfill his wish. So I went on eBay and started a listing for him selling himself. Obviously, this item has no value for me, so I let other people decide the value," Ghaneim said.

The president received 100 bids that slightly exceeded $100,000 before the listing was removed by eBay hours later.